Guest blog / Jenn Hannotte: Feeling cross?
Friday, March 19, 2010 at 11:44AM Jenn Hannotte: My favorite new store in Toronto pandering to my want/need/can't have tendencies is Mjölk. Owners John and Juli offer an amazing selection of clean-lined, pale-wooded, Scandinavian and Japanese pieces from the classic Børge Mogensen 2226 Spanish Chair (take a look below, and if anyone out there is wondering if I'd like a gift, the answer is yes: I'll take two), to this gorgeous Hiroshima extension table by Naoto Fukasawa and a set of Arne Jacobsen cutlery to go on top. They also have affordable design objects, like this gorgeous Grass Vase by Claydies for Normann Copenhagen as well as adorable things for the Scandi-wanna-be baby like this cool/odd Norwegian Lice Onesie. But the one thing I really went to see and covet was the Pia Wallén Crux Blanket. It's so soft, so simple and so PERFECT. It's also all-wool, made in Sweden, and $850... Now, I don't like a little thing like price to get in the way of instant gratification, so I headed off to Etsy in search of some Swiss cross inspired textiles and found this coffee sack burlap basket with a cross screenprinted on the front by Brin and Nohl It'll be perfect for toys, magazines, or even small storage in the bathroom. Okay, it's not a blanket, but it's a wee bit more in my snack bracket.
Below you'll see snaps of the 2226 Spanish Chair and the Grass Vase, plus a couple of inspiring shots of the Crux Blanket in action (via Door Sixteen). For more of Jenn's take on style click here.
Arne Jacobsen, Crux Blanket, Door Sixteen, Jenn Hannotte, Mjölk, Scandinavian, Swiss Cross in Jenn Hannotte, design 
Reader Comments (6)
Thanks Jenn and Arren! By the way, they only produce 150 a year of the Pia Wallen blanket. Oh and Arren, when are we going to see you at the shop ;)
If that onesie were half the price, I'd totally get one. They're too cool to be believed.
I want the Crux so bad too. As a wee consolation, I bought a cross pillow from Enhabiten http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=42972154 which you can see in situ here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/janeflan/3386354996/in/set-72157606474170706/
Hey Juli, The Crux Blanket is GORGEOUS, and so cool that you got to visit Pia Wallén's studio in Stockholm (check that out here on John and Juli's beyond fab blog, Kitka). And I am definitely stopping by Mjölk on Tuesday!
And Jane, That is one lovely pillow!
Cheers, Arren
Juli - no question that the blanket is more craft/art than it is simply something to keep you warm at night.
Jane - yes!
Those chairs are to die for! So is the new Mjolk...such a nice addition to the Junction neighbourhood.